Maybe they were trying to tell you that the car was so hot that you needed to be close to a source to put the fire out.
You could always cut the log and fit a dropped short runner tube manifold in place. Then you could put on one of those 380cfm four barrels made for a six. I am selecting ideas for my wife's 250 and the more I think about it the more I like the idea of putting a supercharger on it. That way I can make use of the forged dished pistons and get the equivelant of more cubic inches at the same time as getting 300 or better HP. At 4500 - 5000 RPM it will be easy to drive. I am leaning towards a Paxton at about 7 pounds. A boxed blow through system with a Holley two barrel. That would get around a lot of the problems with that log.
I thought about that as well. I have an old road test on the 60 Falcon. Paxton did a kit for it, but today they will not own up to it or assist in getting it done. On the http://fordsix.com/forum/ there are posts about super and turbo charging. Turbo seem a good choice to if ya wanna be blown............. I also have the Ak Miller Road Tests of his Maverick with 3 carbs. No hood alterations were needed, but it was a 200 inch 6 not the taller 250. All I know is I want to target 16 second 1/4 mile E.T.'s. I currently run 20's
I have the tech info on the Ak Miller 3x1 Maverick too, but I just don't ever want to have to tune another multi-carb engine as long as I live. I would use the paxton because I don't like the life span of a turbo - I would use belt driven and no more than 7 pounds of boost with a starting compression of 7 or 8 to 1. The lower the better. I can build the box without a problem and sealing the linkage shafts is easy. Mounting that blower and running three belts like they used to is out of the question - I am thinking a serpentine style belt. I was wondering what would happen if you blew air in from both ends and the middle. Tube bending is one of those things I don't have tooling for an building that nightmare would take some serious bending.
Pre bent tubing is available and you just cut, fit it and weld. Serpentine belts are interesting. I like the blower, but it takes power to make power. A turbo creates less power loss, but builds power after the wheel spools up. Current Turbos are water cooled and not subjected to the coaking (cooking of the oil) in the feed lines therefore lasts longer. So many options, so little money.............so many ideas......so little time.........I'm so confused
